Comments on: citizen journalism is not: melbourne airport example

By: Jonathan Nguyen

Jonathan Nguyen — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 11:32:56 +0000

Actually I did, these are @JonoH's tweets:

Breaking!!! Plane on fire @ melboune airport about 21 hours ago from TweetDeck
Qantas 767 on fire @ Melbourne airport... details to come!!! about 21 hours ago from TweetDeck
etc...
Until this message when quizzed by @nickhodge a few hours later.
I had a mate scheduled on a Mel-Syd flight who had alerted me 2 the situation. i was not on scene, please just wait 4 QF/media to announce. about 19 hours ago from TweetDeck

Look, I'm glad that in the end the facts did get checked, but the bit that concerns me is this stuff spreading BEFORE the verification.

I will update the post shortly to reflect this. Thanks for stopping by with your comments.

By: Mark

Mark — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 10:42:24 +0000

@jonoh made it clear from the beginning he was not on the plane, all you had to do was do some fact checking yourself and read his tweets.

Qantas had confirmed there was a problem with an engine of the plane on a Sydney > Melbourne flight around 7:30pm resulting in a small fire in the engine. Therefore @jonoh correct.

By: jnau

jnau — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 05:32:56 +0000

By: Mark

Mark — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 04:42:24 +0000

@jonoh made it clear from the beginning he was not on the plane, all you had to do was do some fact checking yourself and read his tweets.

Qantas had confirmed there was a problem with an engine of the plane on a Sydney > Melbourne flight around 7:30pm resulting in a small fire in the engine. Therefore @jonoh correct.